Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, June 18, 1913, Page 1

MEETING OF ST. crs of the St. Louis. Peoria and Northwestern Railroad Co. held a meeting here today for the purpose of acting upon the proposel pur- chase of the Macoupin County Ruil- way and also upon a proposition to borrow $10,000,000 for completing I H I P the railway and for payment on the Maccupin County railway after the R PLEASED WITH | sale is approved. This is a formal MAUTV EXTEND action and marks the cxtension of the Chicago and Northwestern into fi ‘LAI\ELAND lthe coal fields of Central Illinois. Former President Taft is in de- mand as a summer convention speaker, DOTIEN, ALA, HAS DISKSTROUG FIRE Fire Which Originated in Mule Sta- bles, Threatened the Whole | Town, ! (By Asgociated Press.) Dothan . Ala.. June 18.—Fire starting in the Dothan Mule Co.'s| stables tadlay caused $90,000 dam- | ages and threatened the entire busi- | ness section, The heaviest losers are: g Henderson-Adams Drygoods Co., $35,000. Dothan Mule Co., $15,000. Green Co., $15,000, Malone Furniture Co., $10,000 Wise building, $8,000. the Telo"’ram yester- the GCoocd Roads ) 6 o'clock, ard were d welcome by a large s of the Board of They all gt tcrms of the treat- at the hands of the The following pount of their trip is f8 morning's Tribune: tomobiles, containing | Roeads Doosters, ar- i1l ho'o'l"h lmtel frnm | good. but mostly since 7:30 o'clock partake of a Spanish morning the boosters heir journey, heading burg, their destination, ound b yClearwater STARTLING DISCLOSURES MADE IN SUGAR INVESTIGATION (Py Associatcd Press.) + - Washington, June 18.—More let- ters and telegrams from the private files of men heading the anti-free sugar fight were gome into by the Senate lobby investigators at the re- sumption of hearings today. The sen- ators do('l'\u the newest turn of the investization is the most sensational yet of any development. Many letters d, secretary of the Or- of Trade, and spokes- party, said last night, fe making the trip for better roads and the hat roads we have.” uoh Roads Best. pf the condition of the road ccvered yesterday, said that the Dest - L | the boosters travelnd was which the committee summarily sub- at the Hillshoronon | Pocnsed from the beet suzar head- quarters were read into last nizht. Seventy copies of letters referring to a widespread campaizn, by Clarence C. Hamlin, Colorado Sprin headed to gain publicity for beat suzar ar- zument through mnewspapers and press associations with the assist- ance of rallroads and agrieultural colleges, were read and many men of national prominence mentioned in the correspondence will probably bql that the road continned way into Tampa. Polk in for a bouqnuot, too, inz well of the sev- h out of Partow on the keland. Althoneh the miles of that rond was her six miles was not 0 be quite so good, “Ag for ay,” he said, “the roads and sandy.” now to the receptions | called. * p by the towns en route Attorney for Henry T. Oxnard, was especlally pleasod beet sugar magnate, and Truman G. aclous compl!lment pald Palmer, head of the Washington of- by the Lakeland Board fice of the sugar interests, today ob- hich made an effort to jected against the lobby committee ecentions tendercd by reading correspondence from or to “Seven miles out of | them dated before the present session W eald, “we were met by of congress began. The letter ob- ihd Board of Trade, who jected to was dated 1906 and was &t once to the High- [ from Oxnard to Palmer. It stated Club. where we were that Moorey, the. (Colorado suznr Fdial welcome, A fter tar- | MAagNate, sald that Aaron Gove goul only a short time, we | try to educate the congressmen. od Bext into the town of Lake- md.. , upon arrival at the rk, wo were met by a com- Jadies from the Board of served refreshments. re treated royally . Kis- LIQUOR LEAGUE CONVEN TION. Sprinefic!l, Mass., June 18.—Th- | Massachusetts Liquor Linuor Leazue | beran its annnal convention here to- | was on the lookout for | day. Lezislatien dire ted agnins. | [ 8 e arrivel at Kissimmee, saloons will form the chicf subject of Trade was there to|Of discussion. ‘ to give us a demonstra- immee’s new automobile paratus. The exhibition motor running around! several times, attaching dickly to a couple of hy- | @ throving two etreams of | we ereatly enjoyed. ! i to Bartow at 1:50 p. m.l inner at the Oaks hotel | OW was aslcep. Its Board ' as not in sizht.” { he Trip Was Made, ' was made in Orlando at vesterdav morninz. One fteen minutes later, the ived at Kissimmee. hav- a distance of eizhteen 5 they were at Louzh- -one miles out. Leaving 0 o'clock, they arrived iy ! ninntes later at Davenport I8 farther. Leavinz Daven- BE 38:50 they went into Haines ' b ll:20—that fs, ten cars of B did. The other five had | nd. The advance guard | forty-one miles from Or- er a lavover of twenty Haines City, the whola fteen ecars left, at mid-' Lady Spring-Rice, prence Villa, They did not | British ambassadc er, until they got to Bar- | JRSLRIEIVAL 1N tNE fire miles from Orlando. | tinued on Page 4.) LAD” SPRING-RICE | wife of the new nd her baby have nited States and summer. Col. H engineering meeting here today on the building | of a new the Ohio ville | gays that its plans do not ea!l for a | new the ol brid being remodelled the tra to Lomisville will be throuzh New Albany. ! will go soon to Dublin, N. H., for v.ho| tive. He fs making LAKELAND, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 18, 1913, = o ) PUISONWAS (TWO BANDITS FOUND INVITALS E.0. PAINT CHEMIST'S DECISION COST INSURANCE COMPANIES $2,000. Deputy Sherifis Guard Painter’s Grave Day and Night to Pre- vent lts Theft. (By Associated Press.) Jacksonville, June 18.—Five dep- uty sheiiffs at nizht, and three in the day are guarding the grave of . 0. Painter in Everareen cemetery i here to prevent the body being stol- en by ghouls, The Painter family have been informed that six men had | come here to steal the body. The analysis of Painter's viscera by the Baltimore chemist, states that there are no traces of poison., This renort was reported to be lost hut it showed up yesterday with a draft | for §2,000 attached, which the in- surance compifnies had to nay before it was taken out of the oflice. l WOULD uTOP R.’xCI] qUICIDE Venice, Cal,, June IR.v—Tlm may- or of this city, which has a popula- tion of nearly ten thousanl persons has started a campaign to put an end to race suicide. The Venicq Exploitation Bureau hos been es- tablished and offers premiums for pareats of all children bern within the ity limits between now and Aprit [ 1014, A bueiness man has made an wilal fnducement by offer- ing to provide ‘eniecs ond malts for Loth mother and ehild Two drug e pene on raco:d to Dro- vide medieines free and a Inedine and riived nuree have vol- unteered th icos PURE FOOD LIBEIS MERN NOTHIAG They Don't In'ur'\tc Contents of the Package Are Pure, Says ctoreg he doctor dpoeery Chemigt, (Dy Aseceloted Press.) Mobile, June 18.—The words “Guaranteed under the food and drug acts” on la.els is no assurance that the contents of the pac e are pure,” declared Dr. Carl L, Alsberg. chief of the United States chemistry bureau before the convention of the American Food, Dairy and Drug of- ficials here today. The suarantee la- bel, Alsterg said, merely makes pros- ecution of the manufacturer possible if the goods are impure. NORTH DAKOTA BANKERS MEET. Grand Forks, N. D., June 18.- With many western and eastern | hankers present and Detective W, | J. Burns, elated as one of the speak- the North Dakota Pankers® A goclation opened yesterday. Crime in connection with bankinz will be discussed as a feature of the meet-, ing, ore SIS PENNSYLVANIA IN DISPUTE OVER BRIDGE. Ky., June 18 —Lieut, of the United States a puclie, Lonisville, . Jervey corps held Pentsylvania bridee ov: river tatween Jefferson- Louisville. Tke Pr\nnsy’ and strueture, but a remodelliny ot‘ While the bridee is | in service e. AMERITAN AUTCS IN INTER‘IATIONAL AFFAIRS. | ' \m=tflrd'\m, Ln!lnnd, June 18.— The American Automobile Assoca- tour of Eurape | siezing | across the | She brines a | WESTERN INTER- pionshipy n ot the Calv~ct Coun- try Club re today end wi'l co t'nue thronchout next Frid The event is under the dirertinn of the othar for § a 5,000-mile auto | peas, 84; pasture, 8%; hay, 88; gu- ! LAKELAND EVENING TELEGRAM PUBLISHED IN THE BEST TOWN IN THE BEST PART OF THE BEST STATE INTEREST IN SONDER- KLASSE TRIALS. Kiel, Germany, June 18.—Great interest is being taken in the elimi- nation trials to be held here today for the selection of the German rep- HELU ”P IHAlN resentatives who are to participate in the German-American sonder- klasse regatta off Marblchead, Mass., in September next. The corrected list of yachts entered for the pre- TR liminary trials with the names of KEPT PASSENGERS AT BAY | their owners is as follows: Palm- WHILE THEY TRY TO stroem, owner, Eberhard Marquardt, Stuttgart; Sechund, owners, Otto STEAL $25,000. Perghoff and Wilhelm Spindler, Ber- lin; Resi V., owner, Julius Stahn, Berlin; Wittlesbach IX.. owner Christof Alt, Berlin; Serum, owner Waldemar Tix't'w-us. IHamburg. MY SODN RLY - Unsuccessful, Titey Run Train to Springfield and Make a Getaway, Associnted Precs.) leld, 111, June 18.—Two bandits held up the Diamond Special lof the Illinois Central early this worning and applied six charges of dynamite to the throuzh express safe Such a Venture W11 lin All Proba- eontaining $23,000, but got only bility Be Attempted This $500 from the safe. The bandits Summer, stopped the tratn ten miles south of —— here and kent the passenzers in the London, June 1S8.—tternn dis- I The dynamitg the farmers nearby who telephoned the city police. The robbers weve work- | ing on the safe when the possce ar- rived, and battlead with the possce, capturing a policeman and a report- | can be mede in three d: er., When the fizht got too hot the Sl 1\:nnli(s"r.m the engine to this city AMERICAN WOMEN MAXE and escaped, GOOD IMPRESSION, Budapest, June 18.-—At the great public meeting of the International Woman Suffrage Association held here yesterday speeches were made by Mrs. Carrie Chanman Catt. Rev. | Anna Shaw and Mrs. Charlotte Per- kins Gilman, all of whom created « splendid impression, by a fusillade of bullets. explogions aroused patehes state that Count Zeppelin Cund staff are convineed that a mod- ern diricible ean eross the Atlantle to New York vill be undertaken this and a probable fiizht from Germany summer, Zeppelin believes the trip PROVIDENCE CIRL WEDS TITLE, Providence,R. 1., June 18.—The marriace of Miss Linda Arnold, danehiter of Mr, and Mrs. Olnely Ar- nold, Philadelphia, son of Marquis and Marchioness Rita Strezzi, celebrated today in St. Jos Catholic church in Ilope street. The bridal couple starts for Italy tomor- and will pags the summer in ' ‘m \\nhlvn' wag attend- ‘o the Marquis Max Strozzi, of Pio ABROAD TO STUDY J OURNALISI. row 2 Montreal, June l7vrl‘ml Walter Ilorence. Williams, Missouri School of Jour nalism, sailed for ITurope yesterd: to make a study of foreion journa! fem. Ile will visit France, Great Wy B wéfi“ HABE S!J'B‘UEI Washington, June 18.-—TRe ien tative cman held another con ference today with Re» ntative .. | Underweod and Fitzeerald, in an el Children IMay EC I ore Pornlar if fort to obtain their aid to secnve il Germany, lolland, Switzer 1y Pritafn, Innd and Ite Amendment to Income Tax Bill Passcs. 5 paggaze of the Fleteher hill to sus pend the reorzanization of tha ey, toms gepvice for #1% months, Mr, UL derwood geems unchanged from his attitnde of yesterday, when he de clared himeelf in favor of allowin® the reorzanization plan to go Into cffect without interrnption. e said that if the six months’ stay was granted different intcrests from all sections of the country would take the matter up with the presiden? and the treasury department, and bring about a situation of practical chaos before the gix months were up Mr. Underwoosd and Mr. Fitzeerald declared that they belleved the gen- eral plan of recorganization was a zood thing, but that there may be soma miner inequalities which ean toon be readjusted. Progpeets at pres- ent point to the carrying out of the reorzanization as far as Florida is (v Assoeiated Proeg)) Washington, June 18.—Demo- crats of the Senate finance commlt- tee prepared to take up the ineome tax and administrative secticns of the tariff bill today. Chairman Sim- mons informed Majority Leader Kern that all the tariff sections will be re for the caucus Thursday. The subeommittee’s proposal to add to the $4,000 exemption under the Income tax sectfon, $500 additional for each minor child in the family is beinz favorably considered by some Demo- cratic members of the committee and may be recommended to the cauens. IMPERATOX ATTRACTS GREAT CROWTS. New York, June 18. For the past the Hamburr-Ameriean | which will be made the headquar- line's effiees o gain elmiceion to | ters. the stcamship when ghe arrives here AR e today. The Imperator I8 th reest | T liner, this being her first trip CHAR' EQ THOMSON Atlantie, distingniched list of eeonors, The admissioy foe eharoe for going ahoard her will be devot- ed to the saflors’ fund. COLLEGIATT. GOLF 18- Purnelde, 101, June western gntereolleziate eolf c¢hom- Universty of Chicago, the t-wrne ment being pluyed in two par’ foot team champonsghirs and the | | I CONTITION OF FLORIDA C1R1PS, | ! idual champlorsaizs, ; | | tion was represented today at the Washin~ton, June 12 —Thn en | onening of the leagne Internation-| ditions on June 1 of the " , ale des Association Touristes Con-| erons in F! ., on the bacis o® 100 prese, which is the ret of two im-| rrmnm tinz a normal, was a8 fol- , portant international affairsin wh!f‘hf ¢ ineapple, 90; orances 00 | Charles M. Thomson, the new con, the American orzanization wll take 90: limes, 96: gressman from the Tenth Illinols dis- part this summer. Bernard Van H.|82; pmmn 60; pears. 43: '"mv Is a Progressive and defeated ar . { George E. Foss, the Republican candl- chultz is the A. A. A. representa- | melons, £0; cantaloupes, 89: €o™- | date. Mr. Thomson fs a Chicago law yer lnd is about thirty-live years old. gar cane, 92; tomatoes, §£J. two doys, even since the new ciant | concerned, whiclh means that all the transatlantic liner. tha Tmnarator, | eollector's offices will he abolished | v enoken, erowds have Leen be- 1 with the exception of Jacksonville, { mal instruction, No. 165. 601, VETO BILL GREATING NORMAL SCHOOL BELIEVES THAT STATE COL- LEGES NOW IN EXISTENCE ARE SUFFICIENT. {Gives Gther Good Reasons Why Such an Institution Should Not Be Created. Tullahassee, June 18.—Gov, Park Lrinacil Ly ‘ewed thie Ll pro- Vidlls 1ur & slaie Lorwal scauul to Lo lucaied ut MUulson Lind gives the 1olloving “livilg oiuer reasous forp S0 doiiig § uL,uL Lo this measire Lecoming alaw wud veo the g 1or tie tol- | 1 lowing reasons, o wit: LUis weusule cleales a State nor- } Wl scuool w Sadison, bl wad ap- | Bropriaes Ro,UUU Liom Lhie tn»muy ol tiie State o be eapended, §10,000 for buildm:s ang 310,000 annually tor two years for maintenance, With this institution once cstabe lished, in order to maintain the same as a State institution, it wouid be necessary for future legislatures to make appropriations for the ercction of additional buildings, for furnishe- ing and for maintenance, The initial cost carried by this bill would con- stitute but a very small part of the sum of money which it would be necessary for the State to expend be- fore getting the institution thor- oughly established. Within a few years many times this amount of money would be required in order to build up a State normal school, At present the State hag o normat #chool or normal department at the State Colleve for Waomoen anq also has a similar department at the State miversity, The normal conrse pro= videsl by the State je open to anycne in Ilorida who cesires to take the same. T'he cost to a etndont in ecither of these institutions while taking a normal course is as low ae ean be obtained in ang eoilogo in the State. The normal work {8 being extended and enlarged with the growth of these {astitations, Only recenily the Peabody building, ousting $80,000, to be used in connection with the normal work at the State university, was completed. With the erection of new buildings at the State College for Women considerable expansion is being made In the normal work. With the facilities for normal work at these two State Institutions and the increased facilities which are constantly being provided, it is my opinion that it I8 unnecessary for an additional colleze to be established in this State. and that the taxpayors chonld not have placed upon them the burden of building np and mains tainine another institntion of highee learning, It is my opinion that our Sta’e without going fturther hus already evidenced counsiderable liberality to- wards State colieges. Since the es- tublishment of the State University ut Gainesville and the Staty College for Woumen, about eight years ago, the Legislature of this State has ap- [ Dropriated for the erection of builde ings and furpishings at these two colleges, approximately $300,000, in- cluding buildinrs, furnishinzs and ma:ntenance, nbout $1,600,000 hag been appropriated to these institue tions within that time. At the recent session of the Leg- islature. anq prior to the passaze of the bill under consileration, the Legislatu.e appropriated for tha Stata Universi.y and the Collere for Women, the sum of $320,000, which { Is evidence of a very liberal policy on the part of this Stats of hizher edueation, in aid inclnding nege In addition to the above amonnt the same act earried an appropriation of $106,000 for tha ! maintenance and Improvement of the State School for the Deaf and Blind and the Colored Aerienltural Col- lege, makine a total appronriation by the Le~!slatnre of 191 from the State treasury. of $426.600 for the State ecolleces. Tn my opiufon this largze annronriation {3 abnut as heavy (Continued on Page 4.)